The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-01

not the only fine COW he has by
any means. We only mention this
oncssbccauSc we were struck by her
appearance. He has others
equally as fine as this one.
Mr.. Smith has fought and sold
this spring, some four or five car
loads of ~cat.lc, which he has ship
pea TO Charleston and Augusta.
lie has another car load that he
Will ship in Il few days from this
point, and will continue to do so
tn" remainder of the season. His
idea Is TO keep oOn hand about 20
or eighty head all the time, and in
the mran time keep the town sup
piled with beef.
This is no doubt q profitable bus
mess where II is situated as Mr..
Smith is, with good pastures aud
everything convenient, and one
that will give better interest with
so small Il capital invested thanany
thing we know OF. The difficulty is
that we cannot get our farmers out
Of their old mode Of farming, as
most of them would think the
world was coming to an end if they
didn't plant cotton. They arc like
sheep, if you can get one to try and
then another, they will finally all
jump into ii. Some years ago you
could hear them say, con, III plant
all cotton and buy my corn, rs can
make cotton 30 mach the chcapcrw
But before long they found their
mistake. SO ii is with beef raising;
they can buy what they want.
some OF the young mon who Wis
itod here from laurcns Il short
time ago, had quite Il hard time Of
1t, II we have been rSliI5ly inform
Ell One Of them came down by
private conveyance, the others
ann later by rail. 1t seems that
one Of them had not travelled the
roads in this ncighborhood for
some time, and hal forgotten which
road his SW ncthCart lived on. At
ter stopping and getting the dosir-
cu information, he jOurncyrd on
and finally reached his destination.
.\ft"r staying until rather a late
hour he concluded tlat The bows up
IN town who we're waiting for him
would ct uneasy about him and
perhaps come in search Of him. he
took his leave and started for
home. lie ~journeycd along very
well until his horse became fright
cncd at something. 1t ut once
caused him to think he was being
waylaid by a land of robbers. He
jumped to the ground, knowing
that he could best defend himself if
such was the case AS he jumped
to the grOuldthc horse commence
to run and gave Il quick turn, when
horse and buggy plunged hcadlong
into a deep ditch. The buggy
turned upside down and the horse
with feet in the air. Oar hero
rushed to the scene OF disaster and
Immediately jumped A$traddlc Of
tn" poor beast and commenced to
call for help and at the same time
to cXtricatc the animal from his
p%crilou, condition. Finally the
needed help camo, and "young
America" was found with scissor.
in hand cutting away for dear life.
When asked why he didn't take
his knife, his reply WAS that he
was cutting with it., and begged
them not to tell any oHc that he
used his scisSo.S instead If his
knife, for he had been thinking Of
something that he intended to tell
his girl and had forgotten to do so.
We had the pleasure of meeting
DR.. J. Il. Smith while in town some
time since. The Doctor is looking
well and is in good spirits.
Mr.. y. T.. Nance is cl:rking for
Mr.. J.I. Harris, where he will be
pleased to serve his friends.
Mr.. Jack Gilmore has opened out
a shoe shop. Something we have
been greatly in need Of for some
time, as l%.aurcnS ha! been Il near
est shoe shop. Now with jack to
mend Our shoes, we have one more
wish gratiiicd.
Dr.. j.. NJ. Henderson has moved
int" n Of the Smith stores.
Mr.. Harris will, as he calls it,
brcakc open II kcg Of nails, and
have a horse shoe pitching to day
Saturday in honor Of the compile.
ton Of his new buildings, which
will be largely attended by the sur.
rounding country.